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Christopher Rubio
Local news reports
Christopher Rubio, 27, of Swan Lake, was sentenced Thursday in Sullivan County Court to 10 years in state prison for breaking into a home and stealing guns. In January, Rubio broke into a home on Barton Road in the Town of Liberty and stole five legally owned handguns from a gun safe, Sullivan County District Attorney Jim Farrell said. One of the guns has been recovered; police are still looking for the others. Rubio had pleaded guilty to burglary and criminal possession of a weapon, felonies. Under plea-deal terms, he faced a maximum of 12 years and a minimum of seven.